Did you used Softimage or XSI Template ? They are not the same and compatible, AD changed their Pass Environment Api, so I did a special template for Softimage 2011 ( That would maybe explain the errors you are having ) !

If you have issues with it I'll double check and fix it later tonight.

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P.S. About upgrading, is it possible to have point updates in a zip form, just extract and be done with it? I'm not really into DL'ing and installing full apps just for a point update.

Usualy when I update a Template, it's easy to get through the Online Updater. When it's the application that changed, it's better to get it fully.

Some interesting features of this release are new command line parameters :

-o / --loaderScriptsOutputDirectory : This one allows user to specify loader scripts output directory. It's handy when you are working on a network and want to send to a computer elsewhere but that computer can't access your preferences directory for whatever reason.

-u / --userApplicationDatasDirectory : That parameter allows user to specify application datas directory ( Preferences directory ). If you want to work with kind of a portable sIBL_GUI like sIBL_GUI 2, this is what you are looking for ! Specify your sIBL_GUI installation folder or a subfolder of it ( If you want to keep things clean ) and you are good to go.

-d / --databaseDirectory : This one allows user to specify the database directory. If you are working with a team of artists, they can all point to the same database. Be aware that modifying the same database at same time may yield weird results and even crash sIBL_GUI.

-r / --databaseReadOnly : To make collaborative work really efficient this parameter deactivates all sIBL_GUI database write methods. Usually a TD / Supervisor will choose and configure the database, and all the artists are launching a read only sIBL_GUI instance that connects to it.

I modified also the way I was accessing to the db with multiple threads, it should bring more stability.

Here is the complete change log :

sIBL_GUI - 3.0.7 :

Standard Output and Standard Errors messages are redirected to the Logging Window.

To make easier the process of launching sIBL_GUI from Maya 2011 on Mac Os X, I just updated Maya Helper Script so that you can directly point to sIBL_GUI.app.I'm then using the open -a system command to launch sIBL_GUI.The behavior is a bit different in Maya 2010 ( because Maya 2010 file dialog can't directly select to a ".app" folder ), you need to browse and enter sIBL_GUI.app folder and choose a file ( whatever the file ) into that folder, and the Helper Script will automatically tokenize and get the parent sIBL_GUI.app folder.

This version features an Internal Image Previewer ( Thanks to a lot of time spend optimizing Third Party Image format reading with FreeImage Library ).

Internal Image Previewer also means External Image Previewer or Editor : You can link whatever Image Viewer or Editor into the Preferences :

And that's where the magic happens linking together the HDRLabs Softwares family : you can launch Picturenaut to Preview and / or Edit your Ibl HDR files directly from sIBL_GUI :

It's now possible to edit Ibl Sets names directly from the Database Browser by double clicking them.I also cleaned the code here and there, fixed some errors, a potential crash while dragging a huge amount of Ibl Sets from a Collection to another and some crashes on application exit.

Maya Templates have been reworked to preserve existing scene sIBL setup transformations ( sIBL_Feedback and sIBL_Ground ). The default sIBL_Feedback radius has been reduced, and the sIBL_Ground is now properly fitted to the sIBL_Feedback.

XSI / Softimage Templates received the same code changes regarding the sIBL_Feedback radius and the sIBL_Ground size.